Latin

Noun

pugnus m ‎(genitive pugnī); second declension

1. a fist; a hand with all fingers curled up
2. a fistful, handful

Inflection

Second declension.

Derived terms

• pugneus
• pugnitus
• pugnō

Related terms

Descendants

References

• pugnus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pugnus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• PUGNUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pugnus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 1275c.